Find: files and folders - clear search history

How do you clear the history in the "Find" files and
folders" feature? YOu can clear Google search history
and the internet explorer history; how about clearing
the "Find: files and folders" search history?

"Clear History" in Internet Settings *also* clears Find history (and =
several others.) If you only want to selectively clear Find history, it =
would require a registry edit or two. See: =
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D142298

There are also several utilities out there that will do all this and =
much more for you. My wife likes WindowWasher:
http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/w...sher/index.php

Another one, Windows Tracks Washer, looks interesting:
http://www.elegant-soft.com/index.htm

I don't use such tools, and I also happen to be a lone voice in the =
wilderness that insists that most casual users of Windows should *not* =
use such all-in-one paranoia tools, particularly tools that get involved =
with the internet cache (or they should at least not invoke the =
cache-cleaning portions of the tools.) Even more against the grain of =
"common wisdom", and even more forcefully, I am one who does *not* think =
that TweakUI or similar tools (which include "paranoia" options) are in =
the best interests of users who don't already know how to do these =
things by themselves. They're fine as power tools for power users, but =
can be downright dangerous in the hands of novices, permitting them to =
invoke changes that are difficult or impossible to revert.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x
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"Randy" wrote in message =
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How do you clear the history in the "Find" files and=20
folders" feature? YOu can clear Google search history=20
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the "Find: files and folders" search history?

Right-click a blank section of the task bar. Choose Properties and Start
menu programs and Clear.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Randy" wrote in message
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How do you clear the history in the "Find" files and
folders" feature? YOu can clear Google search history
and the internet explorer history; how about clearing
the "Find: files and folders" search history?